This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hacker, Coon, Fisher, Chitty Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yg.2ADE/888.1 Message Board Post: In 12850 they were in Freedom Twp: Sheldin Coon 40 M Farmer $500 NY Mary Jn. 28 F Eng. George 8 M ILL Ralph 8/12 M ILL Found these marriages: COON, RALPH CHITTY, MELISSA CARROLL 11/17/1870 B/ 20 791 COON, SHELDON HACKER, MARY JANE CARROLL 01/29/1848 OMR/0002 00000192 COON, WILLIAM A FISHER, MYRTLE CARROLL 07/05/ So, with Sheldon marrying Mary (Jane) Hacker in 1848, it is likely that George is the child of a prior marriage, while Ralph is their child. Bob